olьsa

olьsa; olьsъ; olьse Grammatical information: f. ā; m. o; n. jo Accent paradigm: a Proto-Slavic meaning: `alder thicket'

Russian:

Ol'sa (Upper Dniepr) top. [f ā];

alës (Smol., Dniepr basin) `alder thicket, swampy place' [m o]

Belorussian:

al'sa (Upper Dniepr) `alder thicket, swampy place' [f ā];

alës (dial.) `alder thicket, swampy place' [m o]

Ukrainian:

ol'os (dial.), oles (dial.) `alder thicket, swampy place' [m o]

Polish:

olesie `swampy place in forest' [n jo] \{1\}

Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: a/elisaH;; a/el(i)snio-

Lithuanian:

al̃ksnis, el̃ksnis `alder' [m io] 2;

alìksnis (E. dial.) `alder' [m io] 2;

álksna, élksna (dial.) `alder thicket, place where alders grow, marsh, dale' [f ā] 1

Latvian:

àlksnis, èlksnis (dial.) `alder' [m io];

àlksna, ęlksna (E. dial.) `alder thicket, swampy place' \{2\}

Indo-European reconstruction: h₂eliseh₂

IE meaning: alder

Certainty: -

Page in Pokorny: 302-303

Other cognates:

Lat. alnus `alder'

;

Span. aliso `alder'

;

Mac. ἄλιζα `white poplar';

OHG elira, erila `alder' [f];

OE alor `alder'

;

OIc. ǫlr `alder'

, jǫlstr `alder' [f] \{3\}

Notes:

\{1\} Cf. also olesisty `swampy' and oleśnik alongside jeleśnik `white hellebore'. \{2\} The form with e- is actually reflected as àlksna (Bersohn, E. Latvia) (M-E: s.v.)